Belt-catch



A. J.- SCHOLTER.

BELT CATCH.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19. 1920.

1,361,550. Patented Dec. 7,1920.

min E UNITED STA "res ANTHONY J. SCHOLTER, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

BELT-CATCH.

Application filed April 19,

1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY J. SoHoL- rnn, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Catches; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription thereof.

My invention has for its object to provide as a new article of manufacture a simple and durable trousers strap receiving tongue for belt buckles of the friction. grip type.

A further object of the invention is to provide a strap retainer for the above mentioned purpose which can be cheaply formed from a single strand of wire and so arranged as to be readily fitted to the buckle without changing or modifying the structural features.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts which are herein set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a cross section of a buckle embodying the features of my invention, the same being shown applied to the strap of trousers, whereby the latter are held up at the point of the buckle, the section being indicated by line 1-1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a rear face view of the same with a portion of the strap shown in section, and

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the buckle, the section being indicated by line 8-3 of Fig. 2, it being understood that in this detail view the strap retaining bar is shown swung outward in position to receive the trousers strap.

Heretofore buckles of the friction grip type, as put upon the market, have not provided any means for anchoring the trousers loop thereto, which loop is a standard part of the waist band of trousers of the usual make. This trousers loop originally was provided having in mind an ordinary tongue buckle which was readily fitted to the loop. Hence under present conditions the popular gripping buckle having no means for engaging the loop of the trousers, while meeting the ordinary requirements, will permit the trousers to sag in the front and the loop attached thereto is exposed and unsightly.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1920.

1920. Serial No. 374,945.

My present invention is therefore designed to overcome the objectionable features of the friction grip buckle by arranging a simple swiveled or pivoted retaining bar between the gripping roll and the strap retaining clip, it being understood that this retaining bar can be folded snugly into the body of the buckle when in use so as not to form a protruding part that would be obj ection able.

Referring by characters to the drawings, 1 represents a plate having folded edges constituting flanges 2-2. These flanges are provided with companion angular slots 3 at one end for the reception of a sliding and revolving gripping roll 4, whereby the free end of the strap is locked in any determined adjustable position. The opposite end of the flanges has pivoted thereto a crank retaining clip 5, which clip is of standard type and is adapted to receive a folded and permanently fastened end 6 of the belt strap.

The flanges 2 as shown are provided with alined upset sockets 7 approximately midway between the retaining clip and gripping roll, which sockets are adapted to form bearings for the ends of a trunnion rod 8. This trunnion bar is, as shown, formed from a wire strand which is centrally folded upon itself to form a tongue 9 provided with an upwardly extending looped terminal 10,

which terminal constitutes a nose to prevent the trousers strap from inadvertently slipping from its anchored position upon the tongue. As shown after the tongue is formed, the terminals of the wire strand are bent in opposite directions to form the alined trunnion 8.

By this construction it will be observedthat a very simple trousers strap retaining bar is provided which can readily be assembled between the standard parts of the buckle by simply folding down the flanges '7, which is one of the operations in manufacturing the present type of buckle. Obviously it will be understood that when the belt is put in position to the band of the trousers the wearer can readily swing the retaining bar outwardly so as to engage the loop or trousers strap and thereafter when the belt is drawn tightly this retaining bar will swing back against the inner face of the plate so as to nest snugly within the confines of the buckle and not form an obstruction which would cause inconvenience and pressure against the body at the belt line.

\Vhile I have shown and described one simple exemplification of my invention, it is understood that I may vary the struc-. tural features of it, in accordance With a meclianics analysis of the claim.

I claim:

In a belt buckle of the friction grip type having a plate provided'with side flanges which are angularly slotted at one end, a

gripping roll mounted in the slots and a crank belt retaining clip at the opposite end; the combination of a trousers strap retaining bar composed of a single Wire strand folded upon itself to form a center tongue having an upturned end loop, the opposite tongue ends being thereafter bent at right angles to said tongue to form an alined section of a trunnion rod, and bearings for the end of the trunnion rod section in the plate flanges. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in

the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

ANTHONY J. SCHOLTER. V 

